In the middle of fall camp, quarterbacks coach Dave Warner gave his junior quarterback a strong vote of confidence, predicting Andrew Maxwell would perform at the same level as graduated quarterback Kirk Cousins did in 2011.
If the MSU women’s soccer team (8-6-2, 2-5-1 Big Ten) wants to go on another road trip this season, it must perform under the pressure that will ensue this weekend.
To young fans, the athletes of their favorite teams can be larger-than-life icons. To most people, the athletes who were watched and learned from were just regular people playing a game; they were the idols that fans hoped to meet one day.
Sweating profusely, pushing to beat the clock and clenching his face to get that final repetition in on his set of dead lifts, dietetics senior Josh Woodhull, performed his workout at Spartan CrossFit, 4150 Hunsaker St., on Friday afternoon.
A new face in a Spartan jersey is standing in front of the net at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field. Freshman goalie Zach Bennett of the MSU men’s soccer team (5-7-1) started the past three games for MSU, winning two and losing one.
Media arts and technology junior Alec Rademacher was blindsided by the high cost of college.
When the founders of Campus Protein were presented the opportunity to venture to new universities, their first target was MSU.
When Honors College students Julia Simon and Linsey Stauffer woke up Monday morning, they had no idea that they would be sharing a meal together by the end of the day.
Ariel Vida, a Residential College in the Arts and Humanities senior, started theater at a young age.
When she graduated from University of Michigan, Alex Finke planned on moving to New York City and joining the throngs of other sopranos eager to grace the stage.
Voting is an integral part of the democratic process. A democratic republic cannot function properly without the participation of its people, and those who are able should exercise their right to vote this November and in every election held in their districts.
The upcoming presidential election has become a narrower race since Mitt Romney’s performance in the Oct. 3 debate. President Obama has acknowledged the importance of a strong showing in the second debate, having taken a few days out of the spotlight recently in order to properly prepare for the next duel with Romney on Tuesday in Hempstead, N.Y.
Andrew Maxwell had done it 233 straight times without a problem. Yet the 234th time was different, resulting in a moment that might change the course of the Spartans’ season. The junior quarterback dropped back to pass and, for the first time since the season opener, was intercepted, abruptly ending the game in double overtime, as the MSU football team (4-3 overall, 1-2 Big Ten) fell to Iowa, (4-2, 2-0) 19-16. It was a stunning loss, as the Spartans led up until the final minute of regulation. “Tough football game today,” head coach Mark Dantonio said afterward.
Since MSU’s first loss of the season, at home against then-No. 20 Notre Dame, we’ve become familiar with the Spartans’ mantra. “All our goals are still in front of us.” After barely eking out a victory over Eastern Michigan, a team that has yet to register a win six games into the season? “All our goals are still in front of us.” After dropping the Big Ten opener by one point to Ohio State before a national audience? “All our goals are still in front of us.” After needing a big second half to overcome Indiana, a team that hasn’t beaten a conference opponent since the final game of the 2010 campaign? “All our goals are still in front of us.” And now, after the Spartans (4-3 overall, 1-2 Big Ten) suffered a Jose Valverde-caliber meltdown to lose in double overtime to the Iowa Hawkeyes in Spartan Stadium on Homecoming? “I think we have to look at where we are as a program right now and what’s the next step for us,” head coach Mark Dantonio said. Sure, mathematically, the Spartans still have a chance to win the Legends Division and earn a trip to Indianapolis.
Even after more than 25 years away from the Spartan Marching Band, the “Michigan State Fight Song” comes back as easily as riding a bike for alumni Frank Sanborn and Ed Mau. On Friday, wearing their original Spartan Marching Band gear, the alumni were one of about 170 entries in the MSU Homecoming Parade. Past and present MSU students and their families flooded the streets, closing Grand River Avenue from Abbot Road to Collingwood Drive.
More details about the demolition of Morrill Hall surfaced last week during the MSU Physical Plant’s monthly Construction Junction meeting. University engineer Bob Nestle said the building — which was built in 1899 — has outgrown its usability and it is becoming more difficult for the hall to adapt to the growing technological needs. “(The) primary reason was the wood structural frame would not handle the kind of weight it needed to hold classrooms,” Nestle said. Dennis Hanson, a design representative for the project, said during the meeting that the demolition will start May 6 — the first day of summer break — and the area will be turned into a “green space” by the time students arrive next fall. The space will include sidewalks and benches, as well as a sign commemorating the building. Hanson said the occupants of Morrill Hall have been moving to different buildings on campus since it was decided by the MSU Board of Trustees in June 2010 that the building would be demolished.
After a late night out, a slow start on Saturday morning and noticing the dismal weather, elementary education junior Ali Scott still was determined to go to the MSU Homecoming game.
Three weeks out from the Nov. 6 election, East Lansing attorney Andrea Larkin is making a final push to reach out to student voters, hoping to gain an edge against state Rep. Mark Meadows, D-East Lansing, her opponent for the 54-B District Court judge seat.
As human biology senior Dylan McKay, soaking wet and cold, sat ringing out his socks after MSU’s loss against Iowa, he thought Saturday had to be the coldest game with the worst weather he’d ever experienced in his time visiting Spartan Stadium. But he wouldn’t trade it for anything.
As music education senior Kim Wren stared out at an audience composed of many MSU Board of Trustees members Friday night, she reminded herself of something that helped calm her nerves: she was about to be one of the first students to perform in one of the premier performance halls in the state.